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Turkey converts a historic church to mosque
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – The officials in Trabzon, Turkey, reported the conversion of a historic Hajya Sophia Church to a masque.
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He added: “the process of turning the Hajya Sophia to a place of prayer is not going to take a long time.” The Chief of Religious Affairs has already chosen the imams for the mosque.

The Hajya Sophia Church dates back to thirteen century AD, when the Trabzon was the capital city of the Empire of Trebizond.

The Turkish authorities are doing this conversion while Islam has emphasized respects of other religious specially, Christianity and its monuments for the Muslims.
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